ISBN:
9781487511531
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (277 pages)
Series Statement:
Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series
Parallel Title:
Discenza, Nicole Guenther, 1969 - Inhabited spaces
Parallel Title:
Print version Discenza, Nicole, Guenther Inhabited Spaces : Anglo-Saxon Constructions of Place
DDC:
304.2309420902
Keywords:
Sacred space--England
;
Sacred space England
;
Electronic books
;
English literature
;
Geographical perception
;
Geographical perception in literature
;
Geography in literature
;
Human geography
;
Latin literature, Medieval and modern
;
Sacred space
;
Space perception
;
Space perception in literature
;
England
;
England
;
Kosmografie
;
Raumwahrnehmung
;
Geschichte 500-1100
Abstract:
In Inhabited Spaces, Nicole Guenther Discenza examines a variety of Anglo-Latin and Old English texts to shed light on Anglo-Saxon understandings of space.
Abstract:
Cover -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Earth's Place in the Cosmos -- 2 England, the Mediterranean, and Beyond -- 3 Recentring: The North and England's Place -- 4 Fruitful Wastes in Beowulf, Guthlac A, and Andreas -- 5 Halls and Cities as Locuses of Civilization and Sin -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index
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